The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-07-06

wark of human progress ana berty,.
Never probably in the history OF loVeo
Utah h S there been more propltlous Q "a
| than this As God is infinite, SO are Tue
souls of his creation. As the mYrlaas oI
animate aud Illuminate existence differ, SO
| do the minds and thoughts or men
But we com nemOrate to-day Inc ever
| adored event that proclaimed the corona
| ii IN and triumph of the right to be di1erenI'
and to enjoy that most choice vi all PRIV
| ileges-the right to life, liberty ana rhe
pursuit of happiness. 1
| Fellow citizens, may the fee ings OF attach
ment to the Union, OF love or us s!ory; i it
| flag and its honor; The anticipation OF It's
| future benefits and happiness, arouse |lthln
| us that rraternal feeling which should wei!
| up within the bosom OF every lover OF
| his country. That the desire to live IN peace,
/ in harmony and union shall prevail; ana
| stand. like the mountains around us, an eX-
ample of our 'OriouS republic, nlnpg tue
| high desiny that is its own, and furtner
demonstrating to the world the capacity OF
man for self-goyernment. May such be the
motiv and cons derations that animate us
all, bringing US together to dismiss
alike the questions OF abstraction
and form, and concentrating the
act OF concord, harmony and peace.
| May we one and all be inspired by the nigh,
the exa ted, the sublime emotions OF a pa
triOtism, which soaring toward heaven,
rises far above ali mean, low or selfish
things, and become absorbed by the one
soul-transporting thought OF the good and
glory of or country; that patriotism, which
receiving its inspirations from the immortal
God, and leaving a. an immeaSur bic dis
lance below all lesser. groveling, personal
interests snd feelings. we shall be animated
and prompted to deeds of self-sacrifics of
death itself, to the cause of liberty
But while we indulge with pleasure in the
gratifying memories of the past, the pleas
ures of to-day, our hopes for the future, let
us never forget that with the blessings we
enjoy there are corresponding duties and
obligations. A sacred trust attached to the
rich inheritance received from our f4thers.
Those who established our liberty and
our national fame have imposed a great
trust, a sacred obligation upon every
American of this and all succeeding genera
tions. Let US devote ourselves TO this
ha'lowed object. We cannot win the laurels
that crowned the heads and adorned the
names of the Revolutionary fathers, yet
there is open to us all the noble pursuit of
defense and preservation. And add to this
land, build up its institutions, forward its
great interests, cultivate the twin
spirit of union and harmony, and pos
sibly we will have done something that will
and with the blessings of G d, the homes
we love, the valleys we cherish, and the
mountains at whose feet we worship the
commonwealth in which we live will be-
come as vast and splendid a monument of
peace, liberty and union, as the lasting and
sublime works of omnipotence that sur
round US.
May we to-day, fellow citizens, awaken
with the millions of young hearts in all
quarters of our land to the great response
national standard. May we now renew our
resolve to render more radiant and Co
slant the glory of our countryS flag. That
it will be no fault OF ours if it does not for
ever shine forth with undimmed brilliancy.
"A beacon of liberty to all mankind"
We rejoice to see the fires of liberty burn
brightly. May we ever cherish liberty as we
love il, and its securities we wish TO pre-
serve it lever remembering that in union
only S our strength and our safety, that
our honor as well as our happiness is con-
cerned. We da e not, we will no betray
our trust. We will transmit to succeeding
the sacred heritage vouched
safe to US.
9 How citizens, we love liberty. and in
every phase in which it has appeared in the
progress of human events, we have watched
us course with profound interest. Viewed
as it may be in the master states of antiqui ty,
or bursting forth from amidst the darkness
of the middle agss, and gathering strength
and power in modern Europe, she has al
ways and everywhere had charms for the
freeman,
Bet while we admire the onward course
OF liberty, as witnessed in the countries of
the OlQ WOrlU, dUQ as uldulleSGeu III Ll6
more remote ages, it is that liberty that s
yours, fellow citizens, and that of every son
and daughter OF this favored land. That
liberty guarded by constitutions and Sc
cured by Union. The liberty that is our pa
ternai Inheritance. 1t is the dearly bought
the highly priced, that peculiar American
Liberty, to which we are most de-
voted. And that great cause which
S cured it to US and in which
our forefathers bled and suffered, to which
our lives are devoted and to the utmost of
our power viii maint4ln and defend. Under
its proud flag we have lived aud hope
to die, maintaining and up gliding its
glorious cause, and fulfilling The most lofty
of all human missions: Liberty Enlightening
the World.
times taught the world what to avoid as well
as to initiate, despite its imperfections and
ito no other earthly light
have SO many eyes been turned, from no
other illumination have so many hearts
drawn hope andf courage" How many
name and presence of The Amer
lean flag, and the free land over which
il floats in God-like triumph-the refuge of
the outcast emigrant, the asylum of the
exile. From the annals of other ages and
nations there cannot be found another land
that presents so sublime a view the op-
pressed OF all countries, the martyrs of every
creed, the innocent victims of despotism
ana tyranny mere alike ma rest, peace and
prosperity.
Let US carefully keep in mind that to-day
we meet to honor and pay homage to that
mig hty cause, the grandest of all national
struggles for liberty, for independence
And as it then sent forth its mighty peals
OF heroic thunder from amidst the tempest
L MS storms OF an awful and sublime con-
lic for the dearest rights Of man, and as
its echoes have been carried down through
the centuries by the patriotic of our nation,
so may we do honor in the upholding of its
sacred memories and the perpetuation OF its
glories, and benign power. The mighty
Ploquence of that great event though more
than hundred years since, still reverberates,
and gathering speed and strength with
time, it comes echoing down the
centuries, and with thnnderiug tones
shaking from center to circumference
the thrones and powers of arbitrary rule.
l take, great pleasure in concentrating
and celebrating the most glorious of all our
rational holidays: the day that gave the
world the mastery, the divinely inspired
Declaration of American Independence. In
honoIing the nations birth that has given
hope homes and liberty to the down
tro1den; that has placed the seal of death
upon tyranny, aud doomed to utter oblivion
the long established sway of d spotism;
that has fos cred and developed within the
human breast the love of liberty and the
inaliena able right to its enjoyment; that has
and est Iblished the govern
mental bonds of universal equality, love